ISTRF

We are currently focused on identifying sources of seed stage private and public funding to move this non-profit foundation proposal forward... We are interested in sharing experience with other non-profit inititiatives that have organized international foundations... We propose openly discussing the establishment of a private foundation, based in the US or anywhere else in the region, whose primary mission would be to promote the emergence of a loosely coordinated network of applied research institutes throughout Latin America. The proposed network of institutes will be founded and seed funded with the assistance of our foundation and chartered for developing specific scientific and technological competences, for collaborating with each other, for cooperating with universities worldwide, for promoting the formation of innovative companies, and for partnering with global corporations. Each of these private non-profit institutes will be asked to be financially self-supporting through..